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This year’s Sportsmans’ Dinner will see a familiar face as guest speaker, in the form of current Spartans’ manager Tommy Cassidy. Tommy enjoyed a successful spell at Newcastle United and with Northern Ireland (where he played in 1982 World Cup and was roommates with George Best!) before embarking on a long managerial career, that has seen him manage all over Europe, before being handed the reigns at Croft Park late…
The club would like to wish Robert Birdsall a very happy 21st birthday. The popular ‘keeper joined the club late last year, making his Spartans debut in the away to Bishops Stortford (Dec 3rd) and has since gone onto make 11 appearances for the club. All the best Robert!
Despite a thick fog resulting in poor visibility at Croft Park on Saturday, Blyth Spartans manager Tommy Cassidy (pictured right) made one thing clear after seeing his side suffer defeat by a single goal at the hands of Gloucester City. With Spartans now 13 points from safety it appears just a matter of time before relegation from the Blue Square Bet North is confirmed but Cassidy has vowed to supporters…
The Football Conference have pleasure in confirming the details for the staging and LIVE screening of ALL Blue Square Bet Premier Play-Off Semi-Final games and the Promotion Final, to conclude the 2011/12 season. This particular season is and continues to be, full of twists and turns towards the final full round of matches on Saturday 28 April. All those final round of matches in the Premier Division will kick off…
The club can confirm that the booking picked up by Wayne Buchanan on Saturday was the defender’s tenth this season. This will see the newly installed captain miss two up coming games due to a ban. The games that Bucks will sit out are as follows: – 31 March – Vauxhall Motors (Away) 3 April – Solihull Moors (Home)
The club can confirm that midfielder Sebastien Anzevui has been released. The 26-year-old arrived midway through the season following a spell in America and has played for the club a total of 9 times. The club would like to thank Seb for his efforts and wish him all the best in his future career.
Time and league points may be slipping through his fingers but Blyth Spartans manager Tommy Cassidy is still shaking a clenched fist in defiance. After seeing his side miss out on three points in the battle to escape relegation on Saturday at Solihull Moors Cassidy said: “The 2-2 draw was a fair result really. We didn’t play particularly well, certainly not as well as recently. Other results went against us…
The Butchers Arms has been a happy hunting ground for Blyth Spartans on recent visits with a memorable 4-0 victory in the FA Trophy last season and a well earned draw in an FA cup tie this campaign – with Droylsden tasting defeat in the replay at Croft Park. On Tuesday night however, The Bloods appeared to have turned the tables on Spartans as they found themselves 3-0 ahead with…
Blyth Spartans can announce the signing of combative midfielder Andy Ferrell, on a month’s loan, from Blue Square Premier side Barrow (subject to the final confirmation from the Football Conference). ‘Fez’,a 28-year-old left footed central midfielder, started his career at Newcastle United and has since enjoyed spells at Watford, Hereford United, Kidderminster Harriers, York City and Gateshead, before joining the Cumbrians in the summer following a successful loan spell there…
Blyth Spartans can announce that Phil Cave has left the club. Cave signed for the club from Gateshead at the start of last season and had been a virtual ever present in the starting eleven until the recent signing of Joe Kendrick. In all the left back made 82 appearances for the Spartans, scoring 3 times. Manager Tommy Cassidy commented “I’m sad to see Phil go as he’s a good…